Bobby Douglas Quotations

When we have people with speed, we do well. All of these guys have speed. They also have magnificent character and are good students. They all want to go to grad school.

We wrestled pretty well the first round. We had some moments of despair, but overall we had a pretty good round.

We're sending a very strong lineup. These five people carried our team all year and now they have a chance to earn national titles. They all have experience and know what to do to achieve success.

Missouri wrestled the way they had to to win, and we didn't. There were some close matches that could have gone either way and, unfortunately, they didn't go our way. This was a very hotly contested meet and those people will all see each other again.

Nebraska's got a good team and an experienced team. They wrestled us smart, and they wrestled us well. They wrestled well.

He's a byproduct of the Cyclones, so we'll have our work cut out for us. Any time we meet people that have our people in their program, it's going to be difficult.

He's dangerous. No one likes to wrestle this guy, and I can see why.

Hopefully they won't let the Penn State match be a factor. Hopefully they understand Missouri is not Penn State. They're a much faster team.

Penn State is a very good team, a well-balanced team, and they match up real well against us. It's going to be a real struggle for us again.

I think Oklahoma State has a great team, and they've had a great run. (The Big 12 championships) have always been a tough tournament, and a lot of the national champions come out of this tournament. I don't think this year will be any different.

We have to wrestle the best we can possibly wrestle to get a trophy, but it's possible. We've got five guys who will represent us very well. We're in it to bring back some hardware.

Trent will be OK. There is no reason to risk anything when the Big 12 meet is two weeks away.

We'll miss Hilton, but it will be a terrific wrestling meet for the fans. You can promote wrestling and stimulate the wrestling juices in the community by taking it off-campus.

We're still under the weather in certain weight classes.

We came close, but Joe has made a world of progress. In the third period he could have stalled his way through the match but got countered while taking another shot. That is the only way you can get better in the long run.

We're all chasing the Cowboys now and our program needed a lift. We feel good about this group.

We're outmatched in most weight classes. We've got to fight for every point. Our main mission is to score points and see what we're going to have to do to get to the national tournament. In order to get there, we've got to go through either Oklahoma or Oklahoma State.

We've got to do a better job of tactics and technique. Our problem is controlling the tie-up, and we're getting better at it. The only way you get better at it is to work at it and get good competition.

We need to get back in the saddle after the Midlands, and this is perfect timing for us. Tom Brands will bring a team that will compete. We'll need that type of intensity and competition to get ready for the rest of the season.

Curran's make a good progress. He's a freshman and put into a pressure cooker like that, he did a great job.

There will definitely be a lot of stars to come out of this group.

Our day was mixed. We wrestled well, but we made some mistakes that cost us some matches.

They're a very good team; the best Missouri team I've seen. We've got a big job ahead of us. It's a bigger job than Penn State.

It was the back flip that was the difference. I'm sure Nate saw that every night. And we reminded him about it.

It was a tough, tough tournament. Obviously, our inexperience showed up a little bit, but we fought hard. I'm pleased with the way we fought, not pleased with the results, but we'll get better.

It's a great tournament loaded with talent from top to bottom. It's probably one of the most balanced tournaments we've had.

It's one of those championship, World Series-type events for those two every time they meet. Obviously (Ware) is doing some of the things right and he's a great athlete and a great wrestler. Every time Nate wrestles him, it raises the bar for both wrestlers.

It's Oklahoma State's tournament to lose, but they have to be very, very careful in how they compete. There are a couple teams out there who are capable of beating them.

It's novel, and it's something that's certainly worth exploring. It doubles the crowd, and maybe there will be some crossover. I think it's going to be interesting.

It's been a tremendous rivalry. The matches have been tactical matches which is more like a chess match. If they end up in the finals of the Big 12, I think it's going to be a great match. If they end up in the finals of the national tournament I think it's going to be another great match.

It was a great win. This is the best we have wrestled all year.

They wrestled a very good match. Missouri is a very good team, and they had to wrestle to win.

Anytime you start with an injury default in the first weight class, that kind of deflates the team. That had a lot to do with our momentum. We didn't get any momentum from that match and we struggled the rest of the way.

How well we wrestle (today) will determine how well we wrestle at the national tournament. We want to get to the nationals any way we can.

This has got to be the greatest class I've had. My assistants were a major factor in our success. Give the credit to them.